xanca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃaŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃaŋ.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Inherited from Late Latin zancha, from Parthian.

xanca f (plural xanques)

1. stilt

• xanquer

• xancle

xanca f (plural xanques) (Valencia)

1. poor-quality item, piece of schlock
2. unsellable item (due to being old or out of fashion)

• “xanca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007